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Nikon shoots its D5100 TV commercial – on a Nikon D5100. Crazy!

Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

To show off the formidable video capabilities of its rather lovely mid-range D5100 dSLR, Nikon has shot its latest TV commercial on the very same camera.

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audio / portable

Zoom R8 – a feature-stuffed mini-recording studio for under £250

Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 - by Lee J. - 3 Comments.

Hoping to tempt musicians away from the next spliff is the Zoom R8, a compact 8-track recorder offering an audio interface, DAW control surface and a sampler – plus drum …

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Google / web

Google launches the +1 button to let friends recommend search results

Thursday, Jun 2, 2011Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011 - by mike s

Frustrated by missing out on all the ‘like’ action enjoyed by Facebook, Google has officially launched its own version: the ‘+1’ button.

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web

Facebook takes over the world, with over 700m users signed up

Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011 - by Lee J.

Facebook’s quest to take over the planet continues, with new figures putting its total user base at a staggering 700,000,000 users worldwide – an astonishing rise from January’s figures of 500m …

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Android / gaming / mobiles

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play arrives in the UK, piggy banks prepare to be liberated

Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011 - by Pete Railton

First announced back in February, the long launch delay has had gamers nervously twitching into their consoles for months, but now the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is finally being made …

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Apple / portable / software

Laptop thief gets worldwide exposure thanks to sneaky security camera app

Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

When a steenkin’ thief sneaked into interaction designer Joshua Kaufman’s apartment and made off with his shiny MacBook, the burglar probably thought he’d committed the perfect crime – but a …

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computing / portable

ASUS’s UX21 ultra-thin, all-metal laptop screams ‘bling it on!’

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Shinier than a well-waxed shiny bauble and thinner than an anorexic whippet on a cocaine diet is ASUS’s stunning new UX21 ultra-thin laptop.

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Android / mobiles / reviews

Samsung Galaxy Mini Android-powered budget smartphone – review

Tuesday, May 31, 2011Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - by mike s

Elbowing its way into the space currently occupied by the likes of HTC’s budget priced Wildfire handset, the Samsung is wolf-whistling cash-strapped folks looking to move up to a  smartphone.

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Android / computing / mobiles / portable

Viewsonic ViewPad 7x serves up seven inches of Honeycomb tablet goodness

Monday, May 30, 2011 - by mike s

And the Android tablets keep on a-coming, with Viewsonic shouting loudly about having the first 7-inch Honeycomb tablet in the known universe.

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Android / computing / portable

Asus PadFone tablet includes docking bay for companion smartphone

Monday, May 30, 2011Monday, May 30, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Apparently hovering in a ‘semi-concept’ stage is this curious smartphone-in-a-tablet offering from ASUS, known as the PadFone.

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photography

Say hello to the world’s most expensive camera: a €1.3m Leica from 1923

Sunday, May 29, 2011Sunday, May 29, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

A Leica 0-Serie Nr.107 (1923) camera went up up for auction yesterday and made a new world record price by selling for a staggering €1 .3 million ($1.9 million).

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Android / Google / mobile apps

Google Wallet: game-changing tech bids goodbye to paper and plastic money

Friday, May 27, 2011Friday, May 27, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

There’s some parts of your everyday life that you just know that the right technology could do better, and Google’s new Mobile Wallet looks to be a real game changer.

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Google / web

GMail People Widget makes us love email all over again

Friday, May 27, 2011 - by Lee J.

Heading to your GMail account any minute now is Google’s rather fab People Widget. We know it’s pretty hard to get excited about email but this looks to be a …

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Android / audio / mobile apps

Hound for Android app lets you voice search your favourite acts

Thursday, May 26, 2011Thursday, May 26, 2011 - by Lee J.

We’re big fans of the Soundhound app which lets you hold your phone up in front of a speaker and then have the app recognise the song for you. The …

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photography

Leica announces wallet-depleting D-Lux 30 superzoom compact

Thursday, May 26, 2011 - by Lee J.

Offered with an optional leather case that tells the world, “I am considerably richer than you, ” Leica has announced its V-Lux 30 superzoom – basically a rebadged Panasonic Lumix …

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